Doc Watson, folk musician, dies aged 89

The folk musician's manager Mitchell Greenhill announced in a news release on Tuesday (May 29) that Watson had died in a hospital Winston-Salem, NC after undergoing abdominal surgery last week, according to The AP.

Watson, a master guitar player, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammys in 2004. His albums have earned seven Grammys through the years.

The musician was born in North Carolina in March 1923. Despite losing his sight before his first birthday, he taught himself to play the banjo and later learned to play the guitar and was well known for his flatpicking skills.